Dunkin' Donuts or Starbucks? (Page 2)

DD all the way for me. Starbucks always smells like something is burning, and I can't get past the pretension of the different size cups and the 'barristas'. Its small/med/large/x-large, coffee guy....

I drive past the original DD everyday on my commute to/from work.

There's a wawa two blocks from my house, but I go to DD. Time to do a taste comparison. We have a bunch of coffee houses in the neighborhood, but unfortunately they are mostly staffed by 20-something year old hipsters and I can't stand the "I'll serve you when I feel like it, old man" attitude.

eta: About time we had a coffee thread in 'My Cup of Joe'

now is the perfect time of year for the taste test.  pumpkin spice at wawa, AMAZING.

also, the stuck up coffee shops usually have amazing coffee.  there is one here that i love by the college, but i feel like i need to buy some horn-rimmed glasses before i go in there...

I thought they were based in metro DC, as thats the only place I've ever noticed them!

So I don't drink coffee, but I like Starbucks Strawberry frap, and Dunkin's doughnuts.  However, now that I live in metro Boston, DD is the only choice!  Almost literally.  There are 24 DD's in my town and just 2 Starbucks lol.

They have a Lavazza right around the concer from my place.  SO when you and Jason come to visit we can go shopping and drink coffee!!!!!! :-)

For god's sake man, you're a triathlete.  Get those punks in check.

So someone sets up a nice debate between two major national chains but then sabotages it by allowing addition options. Did they allow Gary Johnson in the Presidential debate last night? Or Jill Stein? No!

I'll take DD over Starbuck every time, but Wawa trumps them both.

I'll do what any self-respecting triathlete would do. I'll pee on their fixies.

Starbucks recently did away with the free soy and syrup as well as the free coffee when you buy beans. I'm a gold card holder, though, and like getting the free drink coupons every once in awhile.

I was in NJ last month and bought Wawa ground beans to take back to Chicago. I'm drinking that right now.

That's not a very good analogy. After all, one of those things really matters. The other is an election. We have one of those every couple of years.

When I lived in Boston I drank far more DD. I liked it but you had to be careful ordering from the store or else you get a coffee with ~1/2c sugar in it ("coffee black" won't order you a coffee in many DD Boston retail locations that doesn't contain an insane amount of sugar, you have to specifically ask for no sugar)

Now that I live in the Seattle area you can guess what I drink more of. There's easily dozens of SBUX within a short drive of my house/office. I don't seem to be able to even find a DD in the entire state of WA.

All else being equal though, if I find a Peet's or Torrefazione (though I think their retail stores are closed) I would choose those over SBUX or DD any day.

I'm a Starbucks Dark Roast fan.  Don't like the house brand (Pike).  I agree it tastes burnt.  DD is very blah to me.  Why don't they offer more coffee flavors at there stores?  I know I can take them home but I rather try them in the store first. 

WaWa coffee ROCKS!!  We have 3 that just opened up here in Florida.  In Orlando about an hour away.  When I go to the In-Laws/family I stop for a Coffee and a Sub!  YUMMY!! 

Sheetz?  Loved that place when I was in College. 

Great point. What an astute observation. You must have had Wawa coffee today.

I love me new SB app.  Went twice now and paid with my phone like fancy person...  They make it TOO easy.  It's like the same premise of the casinos using poker chips instead of money.  You don't realize you are spending it!

Just let them flash your phone and walkout with free coffee!  It's free, right?

Agreed.  DD lattes are really not very good.  But what DD really does best is plain regular coffee...I hate plain regular coffee from Starbucks...and their iced coffee isn't good either.  DD does regular coffee and iced coffee VERY VERY VERY VERY well....but I'd still pick a plain DD coffee over a starbucks latte any day of the week.

That being said, I'm allergic to dairy but I always get at least one starbucks eggnog latte a season...hang the consequences...that shizzle is GOOD!  I've even taken to making my own with lactaid eggnog (doesn't help my dairy allergy but does help the lactose intolerance so it's only half as painful).  The SECRET is that it isn't pure eggnog they are frothing...2/3 eggnog, 1/3 milk!  Mine are *almost* as good as theirs....

BTW, I see several people talking about Starbucks rewards...hate to say it, but by taking away free soy and syrups they've taken away most of the point...if it's just a free drink every XX drinks, it isn't nearly as valuable to me.

ha! If we come visit, I'm drinking more than coffee. But since there's one right around the corner...

Starbucks! 

Both for regular coffee as well as for their seasonal lattes... pumpkin spice (out right now and soooo tempting me) and at Christmas their Gingerbread lattes.  Mmmmm... coffee....

Who you calling a ho?

I prefer a ceramic mug, but I can see how using your underwear would provide a different taste. Not sure I'd call it "better", but to each his own, I guess...